USGS Water-Year Summary 2022
02336360 NANCY CREEK AT RICKENBACKER DRIVE AT ATLANTA, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°52'09", long 84°22'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Fulton County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130001, 75 feet downstream of bridge on Rickenbacker Drive, 0.20 miles east of US 19 and GA 9, 6.9 miles upstream of Peachtree Creek, and 1.2 miles north of GA 237.
DRAINAGE AREA - 26.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: May 2003 to current year.
GAGE-HEIGHT: May 2003 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with water-stage recorder and a continuous water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 810.3 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (leveling by Global Positioning System equipment).
COOPERATION - City of Atlanta.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 4,230 cfs, September 16, 2004; maximum gage-height recorded, 15.23 feet, September 16, 2004; minimum daily discharge, 0.54 cfs, August 29, 2011 and September 4, 2011.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2003 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1976, August 2003 to November 2017.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: May 2003 to current year.
pH: May 2003 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: May 2003 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: May 2003 to current year.
TURBIDITY: May 2003 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Satellite telemetry with a continuous water-quality monitor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 434 microsiemens, January 9, 2008; minimum recorded, 20 microsiemens, January 3, 2020.
pH: Maximum recorded, 9.3 units, October 22, 2007; minimum recorded, 5.9 units, September 14, 2019.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 31.2°C, July 26, 2010; minimum recorded, -0.1 °C, December 14, 2010, January 13, 14, 2011, January 8, 30, 2014.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 14.7 mg/L, December 15, 2005; minimum recorded, 2.5 mg/L, August 17, 2010.
TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, >2,200 FNU, February 21, August 16, 2005; minimum recorded, <0.5 FNU on many days.